Brilliant Usage of the Wiimote
Posted 22nd December 2007 at 3:30pm by M1ke, tagged as Wii | Commenting Closed
Most people should be familiar with the Wii and quite rightly so - it is the first games console in a long time to push the boat out a good distance as far as methods of interaction with the games go. Handily the Bluetooth Wiimotes that control the console can be connected to a PC, and as with all things PC the work of open source developers is pushing the boundaries and churning out multiple ways to use the motion sensing capabilities on a PC.
Johhny Lee: Wii Projects
This website links to the drivers that you will need to get your Wiimote working with a PC, as well as providing some ingenious uses such as making an "interactive whiteboard" out of any surface for free (or near to) and creating a true virtual reality 3D feel out of your normal monitor. Best of all, the software to do this with is free and the few components he uses are cheap and available on the high street.
I currently don't own a Wii, but I will definitely try and pick up a Wiimote in the after Christmas sales to try some of this stuff out.